Once again, another annual changeover day on the first Wednesday of August is upon us—the day every year where medical students across the UK take the wheel for the first […]
Junior doctors
Jeeves Wijesuriya: Rota delays for junior doctors—an endemic problem that undervalues the workforce
It is unacceptable that there are doctors who are yet to receive their August rotas […]
Matthew Roycroft: To TEL or not to TEL
TEL has many uses, but high quality mentoring and supportive relationships must remain the backbone of medical education […]
Nathan Cantley: Can we please reframe the conversation about post-FY2 destinations?
Instead of trying to fit people into the singular box of core and specialty training, recognise that what juniors do instead is still helping us grow as doctors […]
Matthew Roycroft: Medicine’s generation gap—let’s stop comparing
The modern trainee wants exactly what doctors have always wanted: to see patients regularly, to diagnose, to treat, and to learn from those experiences […]
Eugene YH Yeung: SHO, let it go? The real problem is not our titles
Even if we officially change the names of “GPs” and “junior doctors,” this will not address the underlying problem […]
Clare Gerada: Why has medicine become such a miserable profession?
Medicine has always been a hard taskmaster, yet more and more we hear about the unrest and dissatisfaction of doctors across the world […]
Emma Cox: Are we ready to seize the opportunities the new contract gave us?
I started my foundation year 1 (FY1) post last year full of negativity about the new junior doctor contract being enforced. My expectations were that I was going to be […]
Stephen Bradley: The grade that dare not speak its name
Attempts to ban the term “SHO” seem heavy handed and out of touch […]
Pallavi Bradshaw: How can we harness the enthusiasm of junior doctors?
It’s that time of year again—yes, it’s changeover time. Thousands of new doctors are navigating their first weeks in a ward near you. Even though the statistics behind the fears […]